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Epicycloid

A curve traced by a point in the circumference of a circle which rolls on the convex side of a fixed circle.

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Cardioid 76% connected

An algebraic curve, so called from its resemblance to a heart.

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Roulette 76% connected

A game of chance, in which a small ball is made to move round rapidly on a circle divided off into numbered red and black spaces, the one on which it…

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